Beauty-fuls: We heart concealer! Oh do we...more than ever!!!

Not enough sleep? √

Allergies from Spring flowers or Fall leaves? √

Stress? Um...yeah have you met me? √√

Kids? √

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Getting older?  Ahhhhhhh!  Don't remind me! √

Well those are just some of the reasons we (not you!  just some of us!!!) get dark under eye circles (yuck yuck...why me!?!?) under our eyes.


Some of the causes you can take care of (sleep and um allergies...) but the others (kids, stress..the dreaded thing called getting older) are just part of life...so what's a girl to do?

Dark circles are usually caused by heredity (some of us...me...have had them since jr high) so no amount of allergy medication, laser treatments, and creams will get rid of them....sorry!  Trust me...I have tried...

There are sooo many millions and gazillions of "remedies", miracle creams ($$$ and they are poop on a stick), and foods out there that they say will fix them...but um nope...not in this house.

But have no fear gorgeous ladies!  The girlies of Things We Heart are here!

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We have tested and tried soooo many concealers out there, our makeup drawers (yes that's plural... obsessed much?) look like mini Sephoras.

So now, we bring you from our years of tears...our trials and tribulations...our heros! (and a couple of expensive zeros)

We heart good...no, no...GREAT concealers!

Thank you, oh thank you creators of Make Up Forever!  Not only do you bless us with your fantasical array of colors and beautiful primers (more on that later) but you have given us a reason to get out of bed in the morning (well we always do, but a reason not to scream when we look into a mirror).

Your HD Concealer is the tops!  The coverage is supreme and literally makes our tired eyes look bright and awake.  It's super easy to blend and lasts all day.  And to top that...there are soooo many shades its crazy...thank you!  Thank you for helping us look alive even under the mean lights and cameras at our castings.

Oh, but beware..the silly silicone applicator is really pointless.  Use your ring finger (the best makeup brush in town) or a concealer brush to apply



Our faithful reader and gorgeous follower, EF, swears by this next one...even though we doubt she needs it.  Cle De Peau is her dirty little secret.

She lurves this one sooo much she has recruited us too!  And guess what?  She is super right!

If it wasn't soooo expensive we would buy her a tube to say thank you ;)

Cle De Peau (we can't pronounce it either...don't worry) is so beautiful and light yet it totally covers up our dark secrets.
The coverage is totally blendable and perfectly pigmented to cover any imperfection and best of all...it doesn't crease!


One horrible day this summer...OK not horrible, horrible...but for someone with dark circles to lose their concealer...it's pretty darn horrible...I misplaced my beloved concealer and the lovely JN came to my rescue with her personal fav...by Laura Mercier.

LM's Secret Camouflage concealer is worth its weight in diamonds!  Not only does it cover with velvety, and deep pigmented coverage.. you can use very little and no powder is required to set it ...it comes with 2 shades, 1 to match your skin and the other to help "eliminate" those pesky UEC (Under Eye Circles).

Plus if it's from the Queen of Natural and beautiful make up...it has to be amazing!


When we the luckiest girlies at t.w.h. got our beautiful products from Jouer...we had no choice but to buy their concealer after falling in love with their other gorgeously made products.

And guess what?  We super lurve this product too!

It's creamy and perfectly pigmented and colored to make your circles a thing of the past!  Oh and the best part about it? It's anti-aging!!!!  What?  Yup it contains pro-Vitamin A and Dermaxyl to help combat that horrible thing that happens everyday that passes.

Quick note...put on top of foundation...if you use it...and set with powder.  It can be a tiny bit slippery.  If you don't use foundation, still set it with powder.


Now here's one to try and one to not waste your hard earned clams on.

Giorgio Armani (yes the God of crisp and chic fashion) has given the sufferers of endless circles a light at the end of the tunnel.

We have heard soooo much about this concealer by Mr. Armani's beauty Gods that we can not get in the car fast enough to run over to Saks or Nordstrom (I know, I know...shmancy!  But hey...if it works?  It's worth a extra hour or 4 at work...right? And at $35..it won't hurt too much) to get our paws on it his Master Corrector Concealer. 



And the one to pass by when you see it in the aisle looking so great and wonderful? Amazing Concealer by Amazing Cosmetics.  

This is not amazing! Yes it is highly pigmented, which means you only have to use a little...but it's highly chalky and drying too.
And worst of all?  It hates moisturizer.  They actually have little wars under your eyes when you put them together.  Bummer.  And for $40...no thank you.



P.S. The #1 remedy? A big smile...because you are beautiful no matter what!!!

xoxo t.w.h.

Oh yeah PPS...SHAME ON YOU KANYE!

Beauty-fuls: We heart the unsung heros of beauty brands!

Sooo many brands...sooo little time (and money) yet most of the brands we buy and think we heart, are nothing more than the same stuff just repackaged and sold to you through millions of dollars of advertisements to make you think they different and exclusive...

So this post is dedicated to a few of our favorite brands...the unsung heros of beauty...the gorge makers that actually are great and unique and work!!!...

They may not have HUGE corporations behind them with tons of moolah to get full page glossy ads to sell to you their goods, but they deserve to. (We are happy they don't...we like em when they still heart what they do and aren't forced by the Man to change...call us purists but it's true!)

First up and the one we are most excited about is Jouer cosmetics. Their products are amazingly beautiful we are a wee bit obsessed with trying every color we can get our paws on.

We were (re)introduced to this fantastic brand the other day when one of our BFFs got us T.W.H. girlies gift bags filled with eye shadows, blushes, tinted moisturizer and lip pencils.

Yay...it was like Xmas came early! And then to find out that all of the products were wonderful?!?! Xmas squared!

Here are a few that were in our bag o'love that we are uber hearting.

Words can not express how I feel about Jouer's eyeshadow.
The silkiness and soft shimmer of their shadows is so far the best I have found. The perfectly perfect natural colors are filled with pigment yet go on effortlessly. Not jaggedly (word?) like most heavily pigmented shadows.

They are oil free and can go on either dry for a wash of color or wet for a liner like effect...yippie!

Next up from my bag 'o beauty is their Luminating Tinted Moisturizer.

We love thee LTM for sooo many reasons...not only are you SPF 20 (woooo hoooo! now you can skip a step) and oil free, but you promote healthy skin with anti-oxidents.

Apply this magic moisturizer to your gorge face and its light reflecting tinted mineral formula will make your skin look flaw-less!

Oh and PS it's perfect for summer and the beach because its water resistant!!!

Need a perfect blush that glowifies the skin with a perfect wash of color? Look no further than Jouer's beautiful blush.

Their mineral filled oil-free blush is filled to the brim with Vitamins and Green tea powder to actually help your skin while it makes you beautiful.

Its sheer and natural looking and can be layered for a more dramatic effect.

And to make this company even better...almost all of their products link together so you can mix n match and throw in your purse!

Um hello Jouer? Hi...it's me Miss twh...yeah, hello there,...just wondering where we, who are outside of NYC can play with, then buy more of your beautiful products. Until then...go here to buy!

Eyeko Beauty!

OK, way beyond the ridiculously cute logo, name and packaging...are fantastic products!

Their most famous product to date is their Cream.
Its a 3-1...hear that recessionistas...3-1 well we say 4-1...1.

It's a moisturizer with Vitamins A,C, & E for your pretty lil face and skin...

2. It's a highlighter infused with light reflecting particles for a perfect glow...

3. With all of the Vitamins and light weight formula, you can use as an eye cream...oh and

4. It's uber inexpensive and easy on your wallet!

OK...how unbelievably cute are this crazy fun nail polishes?!?!

Ughhh the packaging alone gets us going...well that and the ridiculous price and suuuper good colors (the red and the fuchsia are TDF!)

Do you believe in magic? Well you probably will after you use their Magic Liquid Liner.

This perfectly tipped liner wand gets dipped into any shadow (dry) and Voila!...it turns it into a long lasting perfectly colored eyeliner!!! The tip is so great you can give good cat eye in no time flat.

For now you can only buy here and here and in the UK but fingers and toes crossed, they will sell in the US!

Maybe if you email them and tell them you want them you want them here they will answer your wish!

One day when I was playing dress up at my fav beauty store, I came across this sleek packaging and a totally glowing make up artist. So immediately I put down the over advertised product I was about to buy, and followed her like the pied piper.

I am super happy I did. Her trail of glow led me directly to the Hourglass section.

Now, although you can buy Hourglass cosmetics at the uber beauty store Sephora, it's still a quiet triumph in makeup. (and an unsung hero since we have yet to see a big ad making us feel like we NEED their products and we would only be pretty if we used them)

And yes, they do have a big backer but we think that's just to ensure the products stay as fantastical as they are.

OK, these do cost a wee bit more than you may be used to, but one use and you will be hooked! Plus, they last quite a long time so don't let the sticker price knock you silly.

By now you have probably noticed we luuurve a good eyeliner and boy do they have one. Their Liquid Calligraphy pen is TDF!

It glides on with out feathering or fading for a perfectly lined eye. You can make the line thick or super thin depending on how you hold it.

It comes in 3 perfectly beautiful and natural colors that are infused with Pearl Protein, Aloe and Chamomile to nourish your delicate skin.

Ahhhhh my lil' heart is racing for this next one!!!! (or maybe it's too much coffee....nope it's for sure 'cuz of this product)

Miss Me and I are a lil bit insane to the 10th degree when it comes to our lips and the products we put on them. You may never see us with out lipstick, liner, lip balm or gloss on...yup it's a disorder...but at least we are gonna look perfectly puckered when we are thrown into the beauty looney bin.

So imagine our how our hearts began to flutter when we painted our lips with this crazy opulent lip gloss.

It was suuuuuuper shiny, almost a 3-d type shine, in amazing colors that enhance your beauty instead of detract from it ...and best of all?... It doesn't feather or bleed so you don't have to keep slapping it on.

Your luscious lips will look perfectly lacquered with out that drippy feeling some give you (listen up Mac Lip Glass makers!)

And PS Hourglass products are made with out Parabens, Sulphates, or Synthetic Dyes. Woooo hoooo!

Don't let the big Corporations beauty ads trick you or make you think you can't live with out them...try an unsung hero. Isn't it always more fun to walk the road less traveled? And it's waaay more rewarding.

Have fun beauties!

xoxo t.w.h.